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The Best of POWER Breakfast

POWER Breakfast is a fast-paced three-hour news and current affairs show, alternating between the latest breaking news, political coverage, analysis, sport, market reports, weather and all your calls. Whether you’re in business, the public service or just want to stay informed, tune in as Thabiso TT Tema connects you to your world.

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14:02

ONLY A THIRD OF MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ACHIEVED A CLEAN...

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2024/08/28

Auditor general Tsakani Maluleke highlighted this stark finding when her office presented its 2022-23 consolidated general report on local government audit outcomes to parliament on Tuesday. In her report, Maluleke called on “all roleplayers in the accountability ecosystem to work deliberately and with urgency towards a culture of performance, accountability, transparency, and institutional integrity that will ultimately result in a better life for the people of South Africa”. The auditor general

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6:20

OVER 150 UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE ARRESTED AS OFFICIALS...

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2024/08/28

Police seized counterfeit US dollars' worth more than R4m and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and arrested more than 100 undocumented foreigners, in a raid near Durban's inner city on Tuesday. Thabiso Tema speaks to KZN Police Spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:36

OVERNANCE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE SURVEY SHOWS...

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2024/08/28

Individual experiences of crime surveyed by Stats SA highlight the millions of people who have been victims of the scourge as well as the lack of safety that citizens across the country face, whether in their homes or on the streets. The numbers in the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey — Victims of Crime Report released by Stats SA on Tuesday are higher than the quarterly crime statistics released by the SA Police Service (SAPS) as the police statistics contain only reported crimes

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9:55

OVERNANCE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE SURVEY SHOWS...

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2024/08/28

Individual experiences of crime surveyed by Stats SA highlight the millions of people who have been victims of the scourge as well as the lack of safety that citizens across the country face, whether in their homes or on the streets. The numbers in the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey — Victims of Crime Report released by Stats SA on Tuesday are higher than the quarterly crime statistics released by the SA Police Service (SAPS) as the police statistics contain only reported crimes

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9:06

Weather Early Warnings Systems for All

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2024/08/27

Bernice Swarts, Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:25

Justice Minister linked to half a million rand ‘loan’...

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2024/08/27

Justice Minister Thembi Simelane took a loan of more than half a million rand from a company that brokered unlawful investments of R349-million into VBS Mutual Bank by the Polokwane Municipality while she was mayor of the city in 2016. Simelane used the “commercial loan” of R575,600 from Gundo Wealth Solutions owned by Ralliom Razwinane to purchase a coffee shop in Sandton. Razwinane and Gundo also brokered investments on behalf of VBS Mutual Bank, and the Polokwane Municipality invested

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7:03

RESIDENTS OF HAAMANSKRAAL TO HAVE CLEAN DRINKING...

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2024/08/27

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina and her deputy, David Mahlobo, are visiting water projects in Hammanskraal and Emfuleni on Saturday. The pair will inspect the Themba Dam stream, from which Hammanskraal gets some of its drinking water. The dam and the Rooiwal WasteWater Treatment Plant are believed to have been the source of cholera that led to the deaths of 30 people last year. Thabiso Tema speaks to Water and Sanitation DDG, Dr Dean Phillips.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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11:03

Eskom, Transnet, SAA moved to new ministries

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2024/08/27

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation that will see state-owned entities including Eskom, Transnet and SAA being moved from the dissolved Department of Public Enterprises to other ministries. This means the energy department will now take over responsibility for overseeing Eskom while Transnet and South African Airways fall under the transport department. Thabiso Tema speaks to Presidency Spoksperson, Vincent Magwenya.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:04

Australian employees now have the right to ignore...

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2024/08/27

Is your boss texting you on the weekend? Work email pinging long after you've left for home. Australian employees can now ignore those and other intrusions into home life thanks to a new "right to disconnect" law designed to curb the creep of work emails and calls into personal lives. The new rule, which came into force on Monday, means employees, in most cases, cannot be punished for refusing to read or respond to contacts from their employers outside work hours. The law is a response to the

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8:04

ACE MAGASHULE'S FORMER PA MOROADI CHOLOTA'S BID TO...

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2024/08/27

The Free State High Court has dismissed Ace Magashule's former PA Moroadi Cholota's bid to have charges withdrawn. The court has also dismissed Cholota's bid to have her extradition from the US declared unconstitutional and invalid. She faces charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption related to a R255 million Free State asbestos contract. Thabiso Tema speaks to Legal Analyst, Mpumelelo Zikalala.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:31

Urgent Meeting Called To Address The Scourge Of...

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2024/08/27

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macphersonand his KwaZulu-Natal Public Works and Infrastructure MEC, Martin Meyer, have both called for an urgent meeting to address the scourge of construction mafias in the country and in KZN in particular. In a statement, Macpherson said they have jointly agreed that an urgent meeting with all the respective MECs in all provinces and the ministers in the law enforcement cluster should be held in KwaZulu-Natal. Thabiso Tema speaks to Public Works and

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6:51

Unpacking the Hawks achievements during the first...

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2024/08/27

Hawks head Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya said the Gauteng province is continung its lead as the crime hub in South Africa. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, briefed the media in Pretoria on Sunday to unpack the organisation’s achievements during the first quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year. Thabiso Tema speaks to Hawks Head, Godfrey Lebeya.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:11

Child Gauge 2024 Sounds the Alarm, Saying South...

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2024/08/27

The South African Child Gauge 2024, released on Wednesday, is centred on “enhancing early childhood development”. The publication places emphasis on the idea that the future of any society relies on its ability to nurture the health and well-being of the next generation. Speaking at the launch of the Child Gauge 2024, Dr Tshepo Motsepe – physician, First Lady of South Africa and patron of the South African Civil Society for Women’s, Adolescents’ and Children’s Health – said the publication filled a

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7:39

Four people die in a fire at an abandoned building in...

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2024/08/27

Illegal connections are suspected to be the cause of the blaze that gutted an abandoned building in Jeppestown, Johannesburg and left four people dead and three people injured. City of Joburg emergency management services firefighters are currently at the scene. They have so far managed to extinguish the blaze. Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says they are investigating the cause of the fire, but preliminary indications are that the fire was started by illegal

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9:24

High court upholds ruling requiring municipalities...

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2024/08/23

High court has upheld an earlier ruling requiring that municipalities stop charging consumers unlawful electricity tariffs.The judgment was delivered at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday.The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and the South African Local Government Association (Salga) had sought leave to appeal a June ruling that declared the regulator’s method for determining electricity tariff increases “unlawful, invalid and unenforceable”. Thabiso Tema speaks to Power

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19:57

Nsfas Battles Backlogs, staff and tech woes as MPs...

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2024/08/23

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is battling to ease the backlog of student queries and appeals with a designated staff of between 80 and 86.Members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education have expressed shock at what they described as a small number of staff who have received more than 90,000 appeals since April 2024, with each employee only able to respond to 100 per day.University and TVET students send appeals to NSFAS if their funding has been cut off due lack

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8:44

Investigating Directorate Granted Permanent Status

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2024/08/21

Ra’eesa Pather, Open Secrets Senior Investigator speaks to Thabiso Tema on the POWER Breakfast show on reaction to the Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC) granted a permanent anti-graft structure after long-awaited regulations were gazetted on Monday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:18

Home Affairs has identified a victim of identity...

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2024/08/21

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has been informed that two Department of HomeAffairs officials are under investigation for their alleged involvement in fraud committed by Chidimma Adetshina’s mother. POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Tema talks to Ashraf Essop, Immigration Law Expert on what this means for the status of Adetshina's citizenship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:03

Qatar Airways to take 25% stake in carrier Airlink

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2024/08/21

Guy Leitch, Aviation Analyst and Editor of SA Flyer speaks to POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Temaon positive news in aviation South fryer after the announcement of Qatar Airways will taking a 25% stake in SA-based regional carrier Airlink as both airlines seek to boost services and passenger numbers across Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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27:43

In conversation with US Foreign Policy Expert - ...

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2024/08/20

POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Tema is in conversation with national security law and foreign policy expert Johanna Le Blanc about the US election race and AGOA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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